Category: On Writing
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MYTH APPEARS MISSING The other dayI saw an old man in a long coatWith a beard postingFlyers around town Trying to find something Someone The flyer said ” Missing” Last seen hanging outAt the NY Nuyorican CafeIn 1998 At a spoken word event The name of the writer artistFormerly known As “Myth” The description said…
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THE UNNECESSARY ANGEL OF POETRY One-daySoon after the glamor had faded The sun ate all her flowersHer milk & honey As Taylor toured AmericaInspiring poetic amnesiaTo kids As old poems & memoriesDied hard & rotted in their graves The dirt All lost to a McGenerationWithout focus Without hope Rhyming incoherentlyAttempting consciousness As someone randomAn unremarkable…
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Thirty Years Ago Today: 09/26/93 THE DEAD POETS LIST In my lifetime I’ve probably written over ahundred trillion words. But I’d die for just one more cigarette. When the curtain falls, when the moment ceases To be. Sinatra said it best. “That’s Life “ Go out with a bang Not that stupid whimper And leave…
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So here we are. The 21st century. Well well . But since roughly around the 1990s America let alone many other countries really haven’t progressed that much at all … with the exception of the internet & social media. C’mon lets face it. It’s true. We still have poverty, war and high amounts of violence,…
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. ~ Seneca
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Fall in Love, Write A Book …
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As you get older the more things change – for the better or for the worse. Sometimes being a writer and becoming somewhat of an self-isolationist is like being in a sanctuary and finding your true self, your true voice and words. The outside world never goes away. It will always be there. ~ R.M.…
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“In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. there is writing…
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https://albanypoets.com/2017/03/albany-poets-presents-r-m-engelhardt Poet and writer R.M. Engelhardt will be the featured reader 2017 Albany Word Fest edition of the Albany Poets Presents reading series at Restaurant Navona (89 New Scotland Avenue, Albany) on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Albany Poets Presents puts a spin on the typical poetry event in the local literary community by highlighting one…
